A thesis is a requirement for graduation in the Historic Preservation Program. It is original and independent work, designed to showcase a capacity to research, analyze, and present material on a topic relevant to the discipline.

Theses produced in recent years by graduates of the Historic Preservation Program are listed below. Theses produced prior to 2012 include the title and abstract for each thesis; these titles are housed in Special Collections, Avery Library, and may be requested through Avery Library. Theses produced since 2012 are available digitally through Columbia University Academic Commons, the University’s digital research repository. Graduating students have the option of deferring the publication of their thesis on Academic Commons for up to two years and therefore not all theses from the past two years may be available.

Alumni who are interested in posting their thesis to the online repository, Academic Commons, should submit a completed Author Rights Agreement form, and a digital version of their thesis following the Digital Thesis Guidelines to the Historic Preservation Office at hp@arch.columbia.edu.

*Manami Kamikawa

Tellina Liu

Creating Form From Structure In The Adaptive Reuse And Addition To Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center

*Benjamin Luke Marcus

Last One In: Community, Conflict And The Preservation Of Mccarren Park Pool

Shirley Morillo

Historic Preservation And The Changing Face Of Large-Scale Redevelopment Projects In New York City: An Analysis Of The Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Project

Margaret C. Oldfather

Sustainable Preservation: Leading Beyond Leedtm

*Craig Oleszewski

Calcium Bicarbonate As A Consolidation Material For Calcareous Stone

Vincent Paul Ortiz

Evolution Of Cultural Heritage Conservation In The United States And The Conservation Of Traditional Cultural Significance At An Ethnic Living Heritage Site In Northern New Mexico: El Santuario De Chimay

*Sabine van Riel

Brazilian Modernism, National Identity, And The Santos Dumont Airport: Preserving And Early Aviation Gem

*Jessica Williams

Interpreting The Production Facilities Of The Manhattan Project

2005

2005 Theses

Jessica Breitbach

A Home Away From Home: Telling The Story Of The Trucking Industry Through The Preservation Of 1960S Truck Stops

*Erika Carlson

Authenticity And Adaptation Of Historic Movable Bridges For Contemporary Use

Sandy Chung

The Development Of Solid Steel Windows In The United States

Gloria Colom

Design Proposal For The Estate Of Anna's Hope In St. Croix, Usvi

Joselito Corpus

Proprietary Alkoxysilane Systems And Their Efficacy On Fine Grained Marble

Rama Dadarkar

Bombay's "Lesser" Architecture: Making A Case For Preservation

Debora DeBarros

The Electrical Resistance Moisture Meter And Infrared Thermography: Assessing The Effectiveness Of Two Non-Destructive Techniques For Moisture Diagnosis In Structures Contaminated By Hygroscopic

Sarah Devan

Adaptive Use Of The Joseph Lemaire Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Tombeek, Belgium As A Wellness Center

Jenny Fields

Homogenization Versus Innovation: A Critical Analysis Of The National Main Street Program At Twenty-Five Years Through Two Case Studies

Lewis Gleason

Preservation At The Edge: An Adaptive Reuse Project For The New York Central And Hudson River Railroad Kingsbridge Substation

Allison Greenberg

Preliminary Investigation Into Interpretation, Display And Conservation Possibilities For The World Trade Center Artifacts Housed At Jfk International Airport

Jill Hall

The Interpretations Of Sites Of Shameful History Through A Focus On Individual Stories: A Case Study Of The Interpretations At The Japanese American Relocation Camps

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